Car Museum

40 years of the Moskvich-2141: hope and disappointment

40 years of the Moskvich-2141: hope and disappointment

From the experimental 3-5 series to the Svyatogor: key stages and technical solutions of the AZLK-2141

The Iron Giant of Industrialization: Our Own "Stalinets-60" Instead of the American Caterpillar 60

The Iron Giant of Industrialization: Our Own "Stalinets-60" Instead of the American Caterpillar 60

From Detroit to Chelyabinsk: How 12 Engineers Set Up Production of 10,000 Machines in Four Years

Right and Left: The History of the Road Divide

Right and Left: The History of the Road Divide

How knights, 18th-century farmers, and Henry Ford determined which side of the road the world drives on

Volkswagen SP2 - Brazil's challenge to rational Germans

Volkswagen SP2 - Brazil's challenge to rational Germans

The story of a model that fit into no segment, yet managed to outlive its own era

NAMI-076: the tractor that was ahead of its time

NAMI-076: the tractor that was ahead of its time

How a promising logging truck proved too complex for its era

Truck with "Rear" Steering: ZIL-132S Project

Truck with "Rear" Steering: ZIL-132S Project

A four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle on pneumatic tires passed tests, but remained an experiment

ZIL-112S: a rare motorsport legend

ZIL-112S: a rare motorsport legend

A fiberglass monocoque, a V8 with up to 300 hp, and 230 km/h - ZIL's ambitious experiment

Legends of Soviet Roads: The Main Cars of the USSR

Legends of Soviet Roads: The Main Cars of the USSR

Affordability, status, and popular nicknames: what the cars of the Soviet country were like

UralZIS-355M: the ideal workhorse of an era

UralZIS-355M: the ideal workhorse of an era

A vehicle of the virgin lands, construction sites, and off-road routes that outlived its time

MAZ-532 - The Lost Legend of Soviet Off-Road

MAZ-532 - The Lost Legend of Soviet Off-Road

How a unique 8×8, which didn't find its place in the planned economy, was created in Minsk in the late 1950s

"Samara" and "Moskvich": the main auto rivalry of the late USSR

"Samara" and "Moskvich": the main auto rivalry of the late USSR

How two key models of the 80s became symbols of competition and different understandings of the "people's car"

What the negotiations between the USSR and FIAT about the overhead valve engine concealed

What the negotiations between the USSR and FIAT about the overhead valve engine concealed

Rejection of know-how and consequences that slowed down the export of the "kopeyka"